Port Washington

I took a  trip to Port Washington to check out a new fishery.

I didn't realize until I got there that this is a tidal pond.

The pond is fed by local fresh water streams and by the salt water in Manhasset Bay.

I arrived at low tide and saw no fish, oh well.

Prospect Park

I fished near one of the bird sanctuary  in Prospect Park lake.  I did see a large
 white koi swimming near the bird sanctuary.  Still trying to catch a carp in Brooklyn.

Carp on dry flies

Dennis and I got together to dry fly fish for carp

This is an annual tradition for us going back several years.

We fished a new part of the lake.

There is a time component to dry fly fishing for carp and that is day light.
we begin to fish as the row boat concession closes.  Which means we start after 7:00pm.

Today we started at 7:30pm and we fished until it was dark ( about 8:40pm).
Between the two of us fishing we caught 4 good size carp.

Mulberries will be here in a week or so.

Oyster Bay

Oyster Bay, on the north shore of Long Island has a pond called Mill Pond.

Here it is looking south at one of the few access points I found during my visit

There are Large mouth bass here as well as trout which are stocked here in the spring.

If you look closely you can see a bed where a bass has laid eggs.  I saw several of these nest
along the north shore.

But the real problem with this pond is that it is only June and the surface shows that algae
has begun to cover the west side of the pond

This is a closer look at the muck that is slowly begun to cover the pond.  In addition,
underneath the pond surface there is heavy weed growth.

It was so dense that I decided not to even cast a surface fly.  This is one of those places where
you need to be here before the end of May.

I may come back in early fall because I saw some big bass and it is reported to have carp.

I found few points of access to the water, except on the north shore.

Garfield

I managed to fish a small lake in New Jersey.  For some reason fish were not feeding in their normal
areas.  and they were not interested in chum either

Normally carp travel the length of this lake feeding and swimming but not this afternoon.
Old habits die hard and after 6:00pm, carp like to feed on the surface in the deep water.
Knowing that carp follow this pattern at this lake,allowed me to capitalize on this.

As 7:00pm approached I noticed activity on the surface.  I changed flies and tied on
a #10 Glo bug ; which i had soaked in floatant.  When I use these egg patterns I like to use
orange because I think carp like that color. The result was a carp on a fly!  This one fought for
 more than fifteen minutes.  I had to use some fancy foot work to tire the fish because all
I had was a Boca grip.  I lost another due to a poorly tied knot.

Fly-Carping in Urban Stream

Fly-Carping in Clear Stream